真善美

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	good	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (真善美/眞善美)		真/眞	善	美
simp. (真善美)		真	善	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn-shàn-měi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄕㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ sin⁶ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-siān-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn-shàn-měi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄕㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenshànměi
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-shan⁴-mei³
    • Yale: jēn-shàn-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshannmeei
    • Palladius: чжэньшаньмэй (čžɛnʹšanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ sin⁶ mei⁵
    • Yale: jān sihn méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ sin⁶ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ xin⁶ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ siːn²² mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-siān-bí
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-siān-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinsiexnbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ siɛn⁴¹⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³⁻²¹ bi⁴¹/

Adjective

真善美

1. true, good and beautiful

   Antonym: 假醜惡／假丑恶 (jiǎ-chǒu-è)

Noun

真善美

1. truth, goodness and beauty

   Antonym: 假醜惡／假丑恶 (jiǎ-chǒu-è)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真善美):

• → Japanese: 真(しん)善(ぜん)美(び) (shinzenbi)
• → Korean: 진선미(眞善美) (jinseonmi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	善	美
しん Grade: 3	ぜん Grade: 6	び Grade: 3
on’yomi	goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
眞善美 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんぜ​んび [shìńzéꜜǹbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩnd͡zẽ̞mbʲi]

Noun

真(しん)善(ぜん)美(び) • (shinzenbi) 

1. (philosophy, art) truth, goodness and beauty; the true, the good and the beautiful (the ultimate goal of any academic, moralistic or artistic pursuit)

   真(しん)善(ぜん)美(び)の追(つい)求(きゅう)

   shinzenbi no tsuikyū

   the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty

See also

• 善(ぜん)美(び) (zenbi)